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330 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 677. Ie8S. Museum. MUSEUM. One curator of museum, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant, one thousand dollars; one night watchman for museum building, who shall also act as night watchman for seed building, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, three thousand one hundred and twenty dollars. ` Seed division. , SEED DIVISION. One chief of seed division, two thousand dollars; one superintendent of seed-room, one thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks at one thousand dollars each; one clerk at eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, eight thousand four hundred and forty dollars. smmmmvuen. STATISTICAL DIVISION. One statistician, two thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks of class four, three thousand six hundred dollars; three clerks of class three, four thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks of class two, five thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks of class one, six thousand dollars; seven clerks at one thousand dollars each; four clerks at eight hundred and forty dollars each; two clerks at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; 111 all, thirty-four thousand three hundred • dollars. rm-eszry division. Iv01ms’1•BY DIVISION. One chief of forestry division, two thousand dollars. mggpegtigpggflsfaé MISCELLANEOUS. mgm asvumr Botanical investigations and experiments——Botanical division: For urchasing specimens, paper, and all necessary materials for the herbarium, and for labor in preparing same; for investigations and ex eriments with grasses and forage plants, including the establisliinent and maintenance of experimental grass stations, and of other economic and medicinal lants, and for traveling and other necessary expenses connected therewith; and for em loying local botanists for exploration and collection of plants in little-known districts, and for s ecial work for the improvement of the herbarium, and for artists fgr drawing and engraving, twenty thousand dollars. Section of vegetable {pathology: For investigating the nature of the diseases of fruits and ruit-trees. grain, and other useful plants, `due to arasitic fungi; for chemicals and apparatus required in the field and) laboratory; for experiments with remedies; for necessary travel- ' ing expenses; for the preparation of drawings and illustrations, and for other expenses connected with the practical work of the investigation, fifteen thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary may be applied to the investigamsem in peach tion of the disease in peach trees known as yellows and remedies "°°“ therefor. Pomologicsl as- Pomological information.-Pomological division: For traveling "“°“· within the United States and other necessary ex enses in investi ating, collecting, and disseminating pomological) information, flimur thousand dollars. Microscopical di- Investigating the adulteration of food.—Microscopical division: "“"“· For microscopical apparatus, chemicals, photographic illustrations, and other necessary supplies; for traveling expenses, and for the purchase of food samples and iibers in making investigations and examinations into the adulterations of food, one thousand dollars. Gnemical divim Laboratory.—Chemical division: For chemical ap aratus,. chemicals, laboratory nxtures and supplies, urchase ofp samples, and necessary expenses in conducting special) investigations, including